‘Twisted Arrow’ Puts a Superpowered Bow at the Center of Phaser Lock’s Next VR Title
Whereas traditional FPS titles have settled on the gun as a primary weapon, it seems the bow & arrow is increasingly becoming a favorite of the VR FPS. Twisted Arrow, the next title from Phaser Lock (the studio behind...
Sony to Show Procedural Animation System at GDC, Making NPCs More Believable in VR
Sony's Magic Lab are set to demonstrate a new procedural animation system which it says allows VR characters found in VR to "imbue a sense of shared space with the player" with realistic eye, head and body movements.
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Watch: This is ‘Sparc’, CCP’s Striking New Futuristic VR Sports Title
CCP games, the developers behind EVE: Valkyrie, have revealed their next made-for-VR title Sparc, a futuristic TRON-esque sports title for HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift & Touch.
This is Sparc, a new multiplayer sports title from the developers that...
‘Raw Data’ is Coming to Oculus Home with Reworked Touch Support & Cross-Platform Play
Survios, the developers behind the impressive first person VR action title Raw Data, has announced that the game is coming to Oculus Rift with fully "re-engineered" Touch motion control support and the ability to play online with your HTC...
LG to Reveal VR Headset Prototype Based on SteamVR Tracking This Week
Valve has confirmed that LG is developing a VR headset that will utilize SteamVR Tracking and, ostensibly, the OpenVR platform.
When Valve set out to build their OpenVR platform, they hoped to design it in such a way that the...
Valve Talks ‘OpenXR’, the Newly Revealed Branding for Khronos Group’s Industry-backed VR Standard
Valve's Joe Ludwig talks about the latest updates on the Khronos Group's VR standardization process that is now being called "OpenXR." Ludwig says that OpenXR is still primarily creating an open and royalty-free open standard for virtual reality, but...
HTC Confirms Vive Tracker and Deluxe Audio Strap Prices and Pre-order Dates
HTC announced the new accessories, the Vive Tracker and Deluxe Audio Strap, back at CES 2017 earlier this year but didn't provide pricing or release date info more specific than Q2. At $100 for each accessory, the pricing falls...
Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock
Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. And it likely could have been more, save for the fact that the device...
Samsung Announces New Gear VR with Touch Sensing Controller Included
Today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung announced the brand-new Gear VR with Controller, with 70 titles coming soon. The controller is said to add a deeper level of immersion, using motion sensors, and an intuitive touch pad...
On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Unity’s Head of VR & AR, Tony Parisi
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems...
